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KERN COUNTY VOTERS

From the November 23, 2018 Edition

If you received an “Unsigned Ballot Envelope” notice or a “Signature Verification Statement” notice in the mail regarding the Vote by Mail ballot that you cast for the statewide general election November 6, 2018, the …

Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

From the November 23, 2018 Edition

CERT is about readiness and a realistic response to emergency situations when citizens may initially be on their own. They can make a huge difference. Trained CERT members can manage utilities; put out small fires; …

Frazier Park water rates to rise January 1

From the November 16, 2018 Edition

By Elke Heitmeyer with Patric Hedlund, TME

Elke Heitmeyer of Frazier Park, who was a candidate for Frazier Park Public Utility District Director on November 6, attended the regular FPPUD meeting on November 8. Below is her …

Halloween: A Beautiful Fright

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

Left and above: Talented FMHS grads along with Tejon School and home-schooled teens put on a truly scary haunted house at the Frazier Mountain Park Community Center. See letter to the editor on page 7.

Pine Mountain arson case set for trial December 3

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

By Gary Meyer and P. Hedlund

Michael Dulle, a resident of Pine Mountain Club known as a community volunteer, is scheduled to go to trial on December 3 on charges of arson and attempted murder.

Memorial flags get new life…for one more year

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

By Gary Meyer, TME

The flags at the Prosser Memorial looked like they’d been through the Battle of Baltimore, hanging on the flagpoles by only threads.

When VFW Post 9791 Commander Gil Valenzuela told us …

Free parvo/distemper vaccines

From the November 9, 2018 Edition

By Nick Cullen, KCAS

Kern County Animal Services (KCAS) is offering free parvo/distemper vaccinations for dogs at their Wednesday evening vaccination clinics. All Kern County dog owners are eligible.

Distemper is a highly contagious and …

Help Ginger celebrate 200

From the November 2, 2018 Edition

You’re invited to party with Ginger as she celebrates her 200th day of service as tail-waggin’ reading tutor: Thursday, Nov. 8, 3:30 p.m. at Frazier Park Library.

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Parents: Come for the education, stay for the relaxation

From the November 2, 2018 Edition

Family Resource Center offers Parent Empowerment workshops

By Gabriella Elias-Bachrach, FRC

It can seem as if parenting is an endless series of decisions: Should you vaccinate? Nurse or bottle feed? Are pacifiers good or bad? …